The most competitive weekend in Major League Rugby history made for some similarly difficult selections. In many cases little separated those selected from honorable mentions. Such parity only ads to the intrigue in what promises to be a captivating race towards the playoffs. There are still 11 regular season games …
Read More »SR Highlights: Sharks vs Jaguares
After six weeks of the 2020 Super Rugby season the 2020 finalists, Los Jaguares, have a 3-3 record. Today’s performance was a result in the loss column. Los Jaguares were beaten by a much better team and return home with plenty of work to do. Click here to access the …
Read More »Sharks humble Jaguares
The Sharks were winners this morning in South Africa, humbling Argentina’s Super Rugby franchise 33-19 in Durban. It was a woeful performance from Los Jaguares, a team with more doubts than certainties thus far in the 2020 campaign. The poor showing ends Los Jaguares’ three match tour of South Africa. …
Read More »SLAR 2020 – Olímpia Lions Preview
Before a single minute of the Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR) was played, the competition was already groundbreaking. Included is a professional team from Paraguay. The Olímpia Lions are to be the rugby team for Paraguay’s leading soccer club, Olímpia. In the round ball sport, Olímpia has 43 national …
Read More »SLAR 2020 – Peñarol Preview
The first game of the inaugural Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR) will be between Peñarol and Selknam. To underline the growth of rugby in South America it is fittingly an Uruguayan vs Chile fixture. Moreover, the fixture will be at the Estadio Charrúa. ARN’s own Paul Tait has viewed …
Read More »Carlin Isles named in LA Dream Team
USA star Carlin Isles has been named in the official HSBC Dream Team for the Los Angeles Sevens. The 30-year-old winger scored five tries during the tournament, the first being the 200th of his World Sevens Series career. Teammate Perry Baker followed him to the milestone in the very next …
Read More »South Africa stun Fiji in LA Cup Final classic
South Africa recovered from a 19-point first half deficit to defeat Fiji in the Cup Final of the Los Angeles Sevens. It was a match that will go down as an instant classic on the World Sevens Series, the Blitzboks finally getting the win thanks to a Sakoyisa Makata try …
Read More »RUNY signs Hanco Germishuys and Charlie Hewitt
Rugby United New York have confirmed the signings of US Eagles flanker Hanco Germishuys and former England age-grade lock Charlie Hewitt for the remainder of the 2020 Major League Rugby season. Both players join with immediate effect and are expected to play against Rugby ATL on Sunday. Germishuys recently cut …
Read More »MLR Team of the Week – Round 2
The second week of the Major League Rugby season gave us plenty of thrills with some unexpected results. Las Vegas produced bags of tries but also bad decisions galore, perhaps appropriately. Only one name returns from last week’s selection, likely the most predictable of the lot. 1 – Djustice Sears-Duru …
Read More »Second half explosion fires Utah past New England
The Utah Warriors scored 26 unanswered points in the second half to secure a 39-33 come-from-behind win over the New England Free Jacks in Las Vegas on Saturday. In doing so they reversed their fortunes of their opening round loss to ATL just a week ago. It was all Utah …
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